Rice Krispie Treat Popcorn

I have this thing for snacks.I love them. I love foods I can eat with my fingers . It makes me feel as though I am being healthy by eating snacks instead of entire meals. Forgetting the fact that I am probably consuming more calories snacking versus eating a well balanced meal. But oh well. Snacks are fun to eat. So let’s talk about this one.

I don’t know where this stuff comes from. Who thinks of making Rice krispie Treat Popcorn? I don’t know, but I did and it was fantastic! I love sweet and salty snacks. It only makes sense that I would come up with this recipe. I think it came from me having the problem of deciding which snack I wanted. Popcorn or Rice Krsipie Treats. Wait! Have you ever tried to make rice krispie treats and just eat them out of the pot? Yum Yum! I do that when I feel depressed or just feel like binging for no good reason. I can’t do that often because I would look like rice krispie treat. Man it’s hard to be a good cook like me. Oh well, your next movie night with your boo, try this treat and let me know what you think!

In a large pot, melt the butter on medium heat. As soon as the butter has melted add the bag of marshmallows and stir until melted. It is important to continuously stir so that the marshmallows don’t burn or stick too much to the pot.

Now that the marshmallow is melted, begin to add the rice krispie cereal. Stir until the marshmallow and rice krispie cereal is combined. In a greased 1.7 quart rectangular dish or 11X17 inch cookie sheet, pour the rice krispie treats and with the back of a spoon or rubber spatula push down until evenly spread. Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes.

In hot air popcorn popper, pour in about 3 tablespoons of popcorn kernels. This should give you 15 cups of hot air popcorn. If you do not have a popcorn popper, you can do it the old fashioned way and make the popcorn on the stove.

In a large bowl, place your popcorn inside. Take the rice krispie treats and begin to take small pieces and add them to the popcorn. You don’t have to use the whole pan of rice krispie treats but Ill leave that up to you.

Melt the other 5 ounces of marshmallows in a small pot the same way you did in step 1. Once the marshmallows are melted, begin to pour in the melted marshmallows and slowly add the salty peanuts, if you would like. Use your hands to make sure that the marshmallows are evenly coated on the popcorn. Everything will begin to stick together and may seem like one big popcorn ball, which you could make them that way as well, but that is okay.

Once all the melted marshmallow is added and mixed throughout the popcorn and rice krispie mixture add your sprinkles to make it look colorful and happy!

Comments

My two favorite snacks in one! When I first started reading I thought you were going to mix the plain popcorn in with the Rice Krispie and marshmallow mixture… that would be great, too!Keeley @ My Life on a Plate recently posted…Grocery Tips | Stock Up and Save with Canned Goods